Patents by Inventor Sean S. English

Sean S. English has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Base station beam sweeping method and apparatus using multiple rotating antennas
    Patent number: 6757553
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for wireless communications wherein a base station transmits and receives wireless signals through multiple directional antennas mounted on a rotating antenna assembly. Signal beams from each directional antenna sweep in one angular direction through multiple sector coverage areas. As a signal beam crosses from one sector to another, the routing of forward and reverse link signals associated with that signal beam are switched from the sector it is exiting to the sector it is entering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventor: Sean S. English